XI - FOLLOW-UP

Evaluations of each ISSE partnership are valuable to an ISSE school. Questionnaires can be given to home-room teachers in each class, to members of the parent body (whose children may or may not have brought home reports of the children from the partner school), to the Visitors and Hosts and to their parents, to any local group to which the Visitors may have presented their program, etc... The broader the group polled, the more useful. These feedbacks help us realize how the program is working, what we are doing effectively and what improvements are needed. Many schools compile an on-going list of all children and families actively involved in ISSE. These people may not be active in ISSE on a continuing basis, but the can give advice and support in various ways. Some schools have annual social reunions (in the U.S., perhaps a pot-luck supper) to hear reports on the current partnership and its visits. This is an excellent time to renew ISSE friendships and continue the life-line of ISSE.